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Subject:

BUBL LINK Updates 1-15 July 2000

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" \"Bubl\"" <[log in to unmask]>

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Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:30:27 +0100 (BST)

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BUBL LINK / 5:15 Updates 

Recent Additions to the Catalogue of Internet Resources 

1 - 15 July 2000 

For live links to all these resources, see 
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/updates/current.html 


 000 Generalities

 Encyclopedia of the Celts
      Alphabetically arranged definitions of Celtic words, names,
      and phrases. Full explanations for entries are given where
      necessary, and alternative spellings for selected terms are
      provided.
 Harrassowitz
      Bookseller specialising in the dissemination of German
      language materials including monographs, periodicals,
      electronic journals, and music scores, within the academic
      and research library community.
 Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: US Journalists 1840-1960
      Provides biographies of prominent historical US journalists
      including Joseph Pulitzer, Ernest Hemingway, Walt Whitman,
      and Mark Twain.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 004 Computing and the Internet

 SuperJANET4
      Documents changes to be made to the SuperJANET network due
      to the regionalisation of education, advances in
      technology, and the ever expanding user base. Describes the
      process and requirements of building the network, and
      offers an events listing and an archive of news bulletins.
 Renardus
      Consortium of European partners aiming to devise and
      implement a pilot service to improve access to Internet
      based information, comprising a series of subject gateways.
      Provides information about participants such as DutchESS,
      DAINet, GENRES, the RDN, and EELS, and documents project
      deliverables.
 Search Adobe PDF Online
      Resource enabling users to search titles and summaries of
      PDF documents held on the Internet. Keyword searches return
      a listing of relevant titles with links to full text Adobe
      files.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 020 Library and Information Science

 Digital Librarian
      Annotated index of Internet resources, considered useful
      for librarians. An email notification service is provided
      for new additions to the service, and an alphabetical
      subject list facilitates browsing of the collection.
 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative: Dublin Core Qualifiers
      Describes the principles governing the Dublin Core element
      refinement and encoding scheme qualifiers. Also provides a
      summary and definitions approved by the DCMI Usage
      Committee.
 Collaborative Digital Reference Service
      Project working towards the provision of a reference
      service based upon the digital collaboration of libraries
      worldwide. Traces the initiative's history and pilot
      stages, and offers bibliographic information for related
      publications.
 Commission for Preservation and Access: Structured Glossary of
 Technical Terms
      Glossary of terms associated with the technologies of
      document preservation, with particular emphasis on document
      media conversion and digital computer technologies.
 Selecting Research Collections for Digitisation
      Report proposing a procedure for assessing the suitability
      of research collections for digitisation. Addresses issues
      such as intellectual ownership and physical nature of the
      source materials, number of current users, format, resource
      description, archiving, and delivery. Also discusses the
      relationship of the project to other digitisation
      activities, and weighs up associated costs against
      potential benefits.
 Bibliography on Digital Watermarking
      Searchable set of citations relating to digital image
      watermarking. Offers details of title, series, publisher,
      keywords, and online address for each entry where
      available. Browsable in BibTex or HTML format.
 Judaica Libraries and Archives on the Web
      Directory of links to library home pages and archives
      located in Israel, United States, Canada, Curacao, Austria,
      Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany,
      Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, New
      Zealand, and South Africa, all of which relate to the
      literature, culture, and customs of the Jewish population.
 Revision of IFLA's Guidelines for Public Libraries
      Pre-print circulated for comment prior to the official
      publication of IFLA's guidelines scheduled for the end of
      the year 2000. Presented as six chapters, issues addressed
      include the role and purpose of the public library, the
      legal and financial framework, meeting user needs,
      collection development, human resources, and management and
      marketing.
 Vancouver Public Library
      Offers information about collections, services and
      borrowing, and library events. Also provides access to the
      Library's catalogue, strategic plan, mission, budget, and
      annual report.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 300 Social sciences

 Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: European Emigration 1820-1920
      Features information on emigration from Europe to the
      United States, including statistics, and details of
      immigration legislation, and countries of origin. Also
      offers biographies of prominent emigrants.
 Engendering Development through Attention to Gender
      World Bank report addressing issues relating to gender and
      development. Covers social norms, laws, economic
      institutions and growth, and policy making, with a view to
      promoting gender equality. Report is presented as a PDF
      file.
 Northern Ireland Elections
      Information about specific elections from 1993 onwards and
      parliamentary constituencies with results from 1996-1998.
      Also offers local council election results from 1993 and
      1997, and traces the history of Westminster elections in
      Northern Ireland since 1920.
 Discovery and Innovation: US Federal Research and Development
 Activities
      Offers information about federal research and development
      units, funding, and activities for each of the 50 US
      states, as well as for the District of Columbia and Puerto
      Rico. Individual state reports are available as PDF files.
 Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia: US Trade Unionism 1840-1960
      Offers information on the trade union movement in the US,
      including biographies of activists such as James Hoffa,
      John L. Lewis, and Mary 'Mother' Jones, organisations and
      journals, and significant events in union history.
 IMF General Data Dissemination System
      International Monetary Fund project established to guide
      the overall development of economic, financial, and
      socio-demographic data systems. Focuses on data
      characteristics, quality, access, and integrity, and
      features information on activities in participating
      countries.
 Morrie Sacks Law Corporation
      Set of Canadian legal resources covering divorce, child
      support, custody and access, spousal support, property
      insurance, and wills. Also provides access to statutes
      upheld in federal, provincial, and native Canada.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 500 Natural sciences and mathematics

 ISI Web of Science
      Provides access to the Science, Social Science, and Arts
      and Humanities Citation Indices. Also offers related
      services such as the Index to Scientific and Technical
      Proceedings, Current Contents Connect, and Journal Citation
      Reports. Subscription is required.
 Fundamental Physical Constants
      Reference document listing symbols, values, and units
      relating to physical constants, such as speed of light in
      vacuum, planck mass, and nuclear magneton.
 Light
      A guide to the physics of light covering topics such as
      wavelengths, the speed of light, colour, lenses, lasers,
      mirrors, diffraction, reflection and refraction, and solar
      power. Available in English and Polish.
 Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
      Searchable directory of substances, accessible by name,
      chemical group, colour, streak, hardness, crystal group,
      elemental affiliations, and Dana classification.
      Information returned for each entry covers chemical
      formula, composition, transparency, specific gravity,
      luster, popularity, and demand. Also includes a gallery of
      images and a glossary of related terms.
 Satellite Tracking of Threatened Species
      Offers information on the use of satellite tracking to
      monitor the migration routes of endangered wildlife.
      Focusing on birds, graphical illustrations of example
      flight paths in North America, South America, Eurasia, and
      Africa are provided.
 MicrobeLibrary.org
      Searchable database of visual resources depicting microbes.
      Users can select species group, stain, media, or keywords,
      and are then presented with microscopic stills, animations,
      or QuickTime film footage.
 European Butterflies
      Offers photographs and information about butterfly species
      belonging to the Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danaidae,
      Libytheidae, Nymphalidae, Satyridae, and Lycaenidae
      families. Gives details of metamorphosis and the life cycle
      of each species.
 World Bumble Bees
      An insight to the Bombus genus, commonly known as the
      bumble bee. Information concerning variants from around the
      world can be accessed by biogeographic region, species
      group, or via an alphabetical listing.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 600 Technology (applied sciences)

 Institute for Learning and Research Technology
      Organisation involved in the development of technology for
      the purposes of teaching, learning, and research. Gives
      details of projects and services arranged both
      alphabetically and thematically, training and consultancy
      activities, news, and forthcoming events.
 Patent and Intellectual Property Resources
      Collection of links to UK and European based trademark
      databases, patent libraries, intellectual property
      organisations, licensing resources, classification schemes,
      and national, regional, and international legislation.
 Royal Society of Medicine
      Organisation providing educational activities and
      opportunities for doctors, dentists, and veterinary
      surgeons, and encouraging the exchange of knowledge and
      ideas on the science, practice, and organisation of
      medicine. Features information on the society library, with
      a facility to search the catalogue, and details of
      forthcoming events.
 Soil Communities
      Textual and graphical guide to the complex systems of life
      within soil communities. Covers topics including biological
      crusts, fungi, bacteria, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods,
      the soil food web, and burrowing animals.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 700 The arts

 Performance: The Arts Channel
      Searchable collection of arts resources with sections on
      performance television, classical music, ballet, opera,
      contemporary dance, and jazz. Includes a UK events guide
      with tickets available for sale online.
 Collage Portal
      Image database containing works held at the Guildhall
      Library and Art Gallery in London. Entries are accompanied
      by details of artist, medium, longest dimension, and date
      of execution, and are organised into subject areas such as
      archaeology, architecture, history, leisure, military and
      war, natural world, politics, religion, society, and trade
      and industry.
 DW3 Classical Music Resources
      Collection of material including information about
      composers from Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Baroque,
      Classic, and early and late Twentieth Century periods.
      Covers choral, instrumental, and electronic music, opera,
      instruments, and theory and composition. Also provides
      birth and death dates of musicians, details of local
      musical events in regions throughout the world, and an
      index of fully searchable music databases.
 Football Unlimited
      Roundup of UK football news, reports, fixtures and scores.
      Provides information and statistics on individual clubs,
      league tables, and a selection of interactive games.
 Cricket Unlimited
      Offers cricket news, fixtures, results, and live scores.
      Also provides access to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack which
      dates back to Victorian times, and Wisden Cricket Monthly
      founded in 1979. Records for batting, bowling,
      all-rounders, and wicketkeeping and fielding, together with
      details of series records for England v Australia, New
      Zealand, and South Africa are included.

       ----------------------------------------------------

 900 Geography and history

 London Net
      Magazine publicising news, shopping, events, and
      sightseeing in and around London. Offers a guide to cinema,
      clubs, music, and theatre, and also provides information
      about accommodation available for visitors.

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